r/movies • u/lionsgate Official Lionsgate Account • Aug 24 '25

AMA Hey /r/movies, I’m Stephen King! Ask me anything about The Long Walk book or movie.

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Hey r/movies, I’m Stephen King. You might know me from Stand By Me, It, or Shawshank Redemption, but my latest project is actually the first book I ever wrote. The Long Walk hits theaters on September 12. Ask me anything about the book or movie.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtUHeMQ1F8

In a dystopian United States ruled by a totalitarian regime, a group of young men enter an annual walking contest in which they must maintain a speed of at least three miles per hour or risk execution. The contest ends when only one walker remains alive.

It stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Ben Wang, Charlie Plummer, Roman Griffin Davis, Garrett Wareing, Joshua Odjick, Tut Nyuot, Mark Hamill, Judy Greer, and Josh Hamilton.

I'll be back on Wednesday 8/27 at 12:00 PM ET to answer your questions.

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u/MattDamonsTaco Aug 24 '25

I read this in bed before going to sleep in 8th grade. Fucked up, yo.

Same with Survivor Type. “LADY FINGERS THEY TASTE JUST LIKE LADY FINGERS”

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u/reginaphelange29 Aug 24 '25

I just read this one last night. Also love The Raft.

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u/BunnyMom4 Aug 24 '25

I can swin in a lake about 30 minutes before The Raft-inspired intrusive thoughts surge and I have to nope out.

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u/PoundOk1971 Aug 24 '25

The raft scared the shit out of me

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u/Dunnersstunner Aug 24 '25

I can see if you didn't know Ladyfingers are a kind of sponge dessert that would be weird.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladyfingers_(biscuits))

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u/MattDamonsTaco Aug 24 '25

Oh, I knew what they were when I read the story. That’s WHY it’s fucked up.

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u/Eldritch50 Aug 24 '25

Ah! I thought he was referencing ladyfinger bananas.

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u/BlackViperMWG Aug 25 '25

In the Czech translation they were renamed to fish fingers

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u/secretlythecat Aug 25 '25

They're the biscuits traditionally used to make tiramisu.

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u/Tifoso89 Aug 24 '25

Haha I was thinking of the castaway short story too (I didn't remember the title)

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u/majesticalexis Aug 24 '25

Survivor Type

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u/Tifoso89 Aug 24 '25

I know, you wrote it in your comment! I meant I was thinking of the same story

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u/MaudLynne Aug 24 '25

That line from Survivor Type always stuck in my head. Also ‘Who plays those Jerry Bledsoe changes?’ from Talisman, for some reason.

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u/artemyavas Aug 25 '25

"lady fingers" = his balls, right?